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Related: About this forumMatch fixing in tennis: scandal encompasses many top players
BBC story hereFrom the article:
Over the last decade 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the tennis integrity unit over suspicions they have thrown matches.
All of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles, were allowed to continue competing.
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Match fixing in tennis: scandal encompasses many top players (Original Post)
shenmue
Jan 2016
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. stupid Samsung
I can never open links with this
dhill926
(16,234 posts)2. very disturbing....
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)3. Novak Djokovic's people offered $200K for star to lose match
http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/14594431/novak-djokovic-says-was-offered-200000-lose-match-2007?ex_cid=espntw
Back in 2007, someone tried to offer Novak Djokovic roughly $200,000 to lose a first-round match at a tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, he said Monday at the Australian Open.
Djokovic said he wasn't approached directly. Instead, "I was approached through people that were working with me at that time," he said, making clear that the offer was flat-out rejected. He didn't even attend the tournament, but he said he still didn't like the fact that someone even bothered to consider him for such a thing.
"It made me feel terrible because I don't want to be anyhow linked to this kind of -- you know, somebody may call it an opportunity," he said. "For me, that's an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport honestly. I don't support it. I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in tennis."
Glad he's coming out to say this, but maybe he should have said something in 2007
Back in 2007, someone tried to offer Novak Djokovic roughly $200,000 to lose a first-round match at a tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia, he said Monday at the Australian Open.
Djokovic said he wasn't approached directly. Instead, "I was approached through people that were working with me at that time," he said, making clear that the offer was flat-out rejected. He didn't even attend the tournament, but he said he still didn't like the fact that someone even bothered to consider him for such a thing.
"It made me feel terrible because I don't want to be anyhow linked to this kind of -- you know, somebody may call it an opportunity," he said. "For me, that's an act of unsportsmanship, a crime in sport honestly. I don't support it. I think there is no room for it in any sport, especially in tennis."
Glad he's coming out to say this, but maybe he should have said something in 2007
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)4. My guess is he reported it. The probe began in 2007
the Davydenko situation was well known. It's a nasty underworld. Davydenko might have been coerced. It was a sad situation.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. Always heard rumors about Davyenko and they sort of seemed true
since he had a lot of talent and never really broke through.
T_i_B
(14,734 posts)7. The Beatles were wrong
It seems that in tennis, money can buy you love!